5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer A tier opener

ROUET

ROUET is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 96.1% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

A flutter wheel.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How ROUET performs as a guess

Wordle accepts ROUET as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.1% of games, misses completely in 10.9%, and leaves about 91 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #2,255 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.62 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

R___T R in the 1st position and T in the 5th position R__E_ R in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

SLAIN SLANE CAIRN CRARE SALON LAIDE
Words starting with R Words ending with T

First-turn measures

5.52 Entropy (bits)
91 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.1% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 99% of evaluated openers
0.43 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How ROUET performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.62 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.73 Volatility
#2,255 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, ROUET ranks #2,255 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
84
3 guesses
961
4 guesses
1,082
5 guesses
205
6 guesses
20
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
3 vowels
Common:
EORTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
89%
Green tile
39%
All gray
11%

Feedback distribution

124 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

257
225
111
106
93
89
87
85
78
75
72
66
56
43
43
43
34
33
27
27
27
24
23
23
22
21
21
21
20
17

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing ROUET:

11% chance
Suggested:
SLAIN
10% chance
Suggested:
SLANE
5% chance
Suggested:
CAIRN

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

10.9% →
SLAIN 5.70 bits
9.5% →
SLANE 5.44 bits
4.7% →
CAIRN 4.65 bits
4.5% →
CRARE 4.47 bits
3.9% →
SALON 5.19 bits
3.8% →
LAIDE 3.59 bits
3.7% →
NASTY 4.66 bits
3.6% →
LUMPY 4.14 bits
3.3% →
ARSON 4.18 bits
3.2% →
SADLY 4.21 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for ROUET; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

R1O1U1E1T1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.